Change the 24 caliber min in washington(added poll please vote)

[Angry Perch]

Can you even build potato guns anymore or are they considered WMD's.  I know the ones we built were the opposite of safe

I haven't looked real close, but you appear to still have most of your fingers, so it was perfectly safe! 

[Bill W]

Well maybe I won't push so hard for it,but it was worth a try.I do think youth would benefit.I do have other calibers in a ar15 , and looking into more .I do think that most handguns they do allow are worst than a 223,If the military has used it for close to fifty years to kill people and it won't kill a deer in washington ,something is wrong.my self I would use it for a truck gun ,brush gun,places where I know my shot is under 150 yrds.Then use my 270 for hikeing,backpacking,mule deer,places I know I might shoot a little farther.But I do respect everbodys opinion, and a fun read of what everbody thinks,thanks for everybody's reply and input,and support.

The reason the military used this caliber is it was a "wounder" and that also took out the soldiers that took the wounded man back to the aid station.

[JimmyHoffa]

and because not too many people can keep a M14 full auto on target as well as carrying twice as much ammo as what the M14 required.

[Karl Blanchard]

Can you even build potato guns anymore or are they considered WMD's.  I know the ones we built were the opposite of safe

I haven't looked real close, but you appear to still have most of your fingers, so it was perfectly safe!

  yep all 10 accounted for 

[hunter399]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

[JDHasty]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

Most were shot out of trees and bleed out and then fell out of the tree. 

[Lefthook]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.

[Low Brush]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.
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Has nothing to do with pot shots. It has to do with it being a sufficient caliber to kill a cougar as it will 90% of North American big game.

[jay.sharkbait]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.

"Pot shots" aren't caliber specific.

[Jonathan_S]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.

"Pot shots" aren't caliber specific.

I think the idea behind that comment was that since people are going to potshot anyway, make them use a larger caliber.

[jay.sharkbait]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.

"Pot shots" aren't caliber specific.

I think the idea behind that comment was that since people are going to potshot anyway, make them use a larger caliber.

Not going to make much difference.

A bad shot is a bad shot.

[Jonathan_S]

I didn't say I agreed with it

[dscubame]

I just think the .243 does not even put them down as quick as I prefer.

[jdb]

One thing I don't understand is why can we use 22 centerfire on cougar,does nobody care if it kills it,or do they just die a lot better than deer or what,i never shot one so just don't know.

There isn't going to be the potential of a thousand pot shots around the state for cougar.

by definition I believe a "pot shot" is a head shot on a small game animal damaging no meat and leaving it all for the pot in which it will be cooked

[jdb]

To answer bobcats question I think that the minimum hand gun requirements are ludicrous! And should be completely rethought